Well, I've installed the right plug-ins and software, winamp and DSP plug-in from shout cast to host my radio station as I'm using turntables to mix my tracks.

Now when i very first installed the shout cast plug-in it connected to my server fine, no problems, when i came back to it today it just decided to connect fine and then within seconds it reconnects and takes 30 seconds to reconnect and reconnects and reconnects etc...

I was about to throw and smash all my expensive equipment about but i realised that it wasn't the equipments fault, it is winamp or the shout cast plug-in.

first thing, what version of Winamp and the Source DSP are you using? also what version of the DNAS are you trying to connect to?

second thing, if it just keeps reconnecting, it is most likely that the DNAS server is either not running or is running on a different machine / IP address (what is entered in the 'server address' field) and what has been entered in the DSP does not match. so would suggest checking that is ok as well.

Right just installed the dans plug-in from the same page as i downloaded the shout cast plug-in on winamp.com which is version 2.0. when i was installing it it says do you want to replace existing file, so i already had it installed??

version of winamp is 5.621 and I'm running on 32 bit windows vista.

I've also done a complete uninstall and reinstall, but still same problem. Another thing is, since i posted my problem, it connected to the server for about 2 hours last night and I've just tried it again tonnite and it keeps reconnecting again?? so its intermittent at the mo.

i really don't know what else to do now... is there any other programs that does the same thing??

if that is correct, do you have UAC enabled (as you're using Vista) ? if so what folder did you install the DNAS into? was it what the installer showed since that is the first likely issue since that usually won't have the write-access which is needed.

easy option for that is to take the whole folder and move it to the desktop or somewhere else on the machine which allows for moving / editing files without a UAC prompt.

you then need to make sure that the DNAS is then able to run (use the 'simple' config) once you've edited any passwords to what you want.

then make sure the DSP is using the same details and then it should connect.

once that is done, if you want it to be in the SHOUTcast Directory then you'll need to follow http://wiki.winamp.com/wiki/SHOUTcas...ash_Management to get an authhash which will allow it to be publically listed. if it is only going to be a private thing then on the Output -> YP tab in the DSP, uncheck the 'make the stream public' option and ignore the authhash link.

that probably sounds more confusing than it actually is but not actually knowing what is / isn't setup / enabled on the machine you're trying to use, i've got to make suggestions which should remove chances of things not working.

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additionally, you're saying it has sometimes worked and then stops working - that is not normal if everything is all done on the same machine and with the talk of uninstalling things, that then points more at the DSP having settings which are no longer valid compared to whatever DNAS install is then present afterwards.

and with that i'm now out for the night (seeing as it's gone midnight here).

Ok, I've tried to figure out what you wanted me to do and i tried but i really don't know what I'm doing...

it seems to be getting more complicated, when i might be just something simple. I don't know why everybody can just install the plug-ins with no bother and off they go, i have literally done everything your supposed to do to install and it works fine but then it just reconnects i checked the log TAB and it doesn't give you any information as to why it reconnects, it just a has a big long list of "reconnects".

email me (from link from my site in my signature) the config file you're using for the DNAS, the address of the DNAS server and your dsp_sc.ini file (should be in %appdata%\Winamp\plugins) as clearly something isn't right between what you're entering and what is / isn't running.